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by Becci Pigeon The consumption of animals is responsible for COVID-19 (and the vast majority of infectious disease) and yet our desire for their flesh, eggs and milk continues to put us all at risk of continuing its spread. While almost everybody is staying home as much as possible in an attempt to ‘flatten the…

by Becci Pigeon Some people might not think of cows as very complex animals, but—as often happens when it comes to our perception of non-human animals—they’d be wrong. Cows are fascinating once you take the time to learn. A few facts: Cows are very intelligent. In a study conducted at the University of Sydney, cows…

by Becci Pigeon Picture this: you are in the supermarket and you head over to the butcher counter to pick up some lamb. Expecting you’ll pop a neatly wrapped pack of meat into your basket, you are startled when instead, you find the counter crowded with a dozen small lambs. The butcher smiles. ‘In the…

by Becci Pigeon Everybody knows by now what caused the COVID-19 pandemic: wet markets in China, and a virus which likely passed from bats to pangolins…to us. This, unfortunately, like far too many things, has led to myopic (and often downright racist and xenophobic) accusations against Chinese people. They eat wild animals, animals who aren’t…

by Cliff Grant Did you know? Irish farmers feed enough food calories for 127 million people to their animals and import enough feed annually to provide enough food for 15 million people. Meanwhile, the human population of Ireland is currently only 4.83 million! This is because in Ireland, the meat, dairy and egg industries convert…

by Cliff Grant This spring, an unprecedented 1.6 million dairy calves are due to be born in Ireland. About half of them (800,000) will be male. It’s a scandal of an unimaginable scale. Imagine, just for a minute that you are one of those baby boys. This is the true story of your short and…

Round one in 2019 of our highly successful Dairy is Scary event. We encourage members of the public to try vegan treats and dairy free plant based samples. This allows us to engage in positive conversation. VKind believe that education is key. We must get non vegans to join the dots and realise that when…

Thank you so much to everyone who donated to our Go Fund Me campaign, with your help we have been able to purchase 4 TV screens to cover every side of our Cube! Cube of Truth’s are highly effective public outreach events and these big screens significantly increase the visibility of the critically important animal…